Bemerkungen:A 1 mg/ml solution in PBS. Fat mass- and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is the gene responsible for mouse 'fused toes' mutation. An association between FTO genotype and type 2 diabetes has been confirmed. The presence of the FTO rs9939609A-allele was found to be positively correlated with other symptoms of the metabolic syndrome, including higher fasting insulin, glucose, and triglycerides, and lower HDL-cholesterol.